Meeting background

The importance of free radicals in biological systems has been recognized for many decades but until recently, was largely viewed as a deleterious aspect of inflammation and toxicity. However, strong evidence has now emerged that many radical modifications to biomolecules are reversible and have a regulatory role. In particular, the susceptibility of proteins for rapid and reversible free radical-mediated alterations in structure and function allows them to act as signalling intermediates that are sensitive to redox environment.